{
    "case_number": "CAC-ADREU-005486",
    "time_of_filling": null,
    "domain_names": [],
    "case_administrator": null,
    "complainant": [],
    "complainant_representative": null,
    "respondent": [],
    "respondent_representative": null,
    "factual_background": "The Complainant, a company incorporated in England and Wales, is a wholly owned subsidiary of a joint venture of Morgan Stanley and Citigroup Inc. The joint venture combines wealth management businesses which previously traded on a substantial scale under the names “Morgan Stanley” and “Smith Barney”. The disputed domain name, morganstanleysmithbarney.eu, was registered by the Respondent three days after the formation of the joint venture was announced and it has been pointed to a website which displays search engine results on itself. The Respondent gave his name to the Registry as “morganstanley-smithbarneymorganstanley” with an address in “seoul Teukbyeolsi France”.",
    "other_legal_proceedings": "The Panel is not aware of any other legal proceedings which relate to the disputed domain name.",
    "discussion_and_findings": "1. In accordance with article 22(11) of Regulation 874\/2004 (“the Regulation”), the disputed domain name must be revoked or transferred to the Complainant if the Panel finds that its registration is speculative or abusive as defined in article 21 of the Regulation. \r\n\r\n2. A registration is speculative or abusive according to article 21 of the Regulation if \r\n\r\n(a) the domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a name in respect of which a right is recognised or established by national and\/or Community law; and\r\n\r\n(b) it has been registered by its holder without rights or legitimate interests, or it has been registered or is being used in bad faith.\r\n\r\n3. In accordance with paragraph 10 of the ADR Rules, where a Respondent fails to submit a Response to the Complaint within the time specified in them, the Panel may consider this failure as grounds to accept the claims of the opposite party and shall draw such inferences from the Respondent’s default as it considers appropriate.\r\n\r\n4. The Panel finds that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to both “Smith Barney” and “Morgan Stanley”. Given the association of these names created by the formation of the joint venture, the combination of the two names in the disputed domain name does not avert confusion between the domain name and either of the individual names. \r\n\r\n5. It is also clear that rights in both “Smith Barney” and “Morgan Stanley” are recognised by national and Community laws.\r\n\r\n6. The Panel further finds that the disputed domain name was registered by the Respondent without any rights or legitimate interests. It is obvious that the name used by the Respondent in effecting the registration is not his real name. The Panel has no hesitation in accepting the claims of the Complainant in this regard in the absence of any Response under paragraph 10 of the ADR Rules.\r\n\r\n7. It follows that the disputed domain name must be revoked or transferred to the Complainant. \r\n\r\n8. Article 22(11) of the Regulation provides that where it is found that the registration is speculative or abusive, the domain name should be transferred to the Complainant if the latter so requests and meets the general eligibility criteria set out in article 4(2)(b) of Regulation 733\/2002; and otherwise it should be revoked.\r\n\r\n9. The general eligibility criteria set out in article 4(2)(b) of Regulation are: an undertaking having its registered office, central administration or principal place of business within the Community; or an organisation established within the Community; or a natural person resident in the Community.\r\n\r\n10. The Complainant has requested transfer, but has provided minimal evidence that it satisfies the general eligibility criteria. Nevertheless, the Panel infers from the information provided that the Complainant is an undertaking having its registered office within the Community and\/or an organisation established within the Community. \r\n\r\n11. The disputed domain name should therefore be transferred to the Complainant.",
    "decision": "For all the foregoing reasons, in accordance with Paragraphs B12 (b) and (c) of the Rules, the Panel orders that\r\n\r\nthe domain name MORGANSTANLEYSMITHBARNEY be transferred to the Complainant",
    "panelists": [
        null
    ],
    "date_of_panel_decision": "2010-01-25 00:00:00",
    "informal_english_translation": "The Complainant, a company incorporated in England and Wales, was a wholly owned subsidiary of a joint venture combining wealth management businesses which previously traded on a substantial scale under the names “Morgan Stanley” and “Smith Barney”. The disputed domain name, morganstanleysmithbarney.eu, was registered by the Respondent three days after the formation of the joint venture was announced and was pointed to a website which displayed search engine results on itself. The Respondent gave his name to the Registry as “morganstanley-smithbarneymorganstanley” with an address in “seoul Teukbyeolsi France”.\r\n\r\nThe Panel found that the disputed domain name was confusingly similar to both “Morgan Stanley” and “Smith Barney” and that rights in these names were recognised under national and Community laws. The Panel further found that the Respondent had registered the domain name without any rights or legitimate interests. Since the Complainant requested transfer and it could be inferred from the information provided that it satisfied the general eligibility criteria, the Panel concluded that the Domain Name should be transferred to it.",
    "decision_domains": [],
    "panelist": null,
    "panellists_text": null
}